Chapter 371: The Whereabouts of the Taiping Army
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So, Li You also knew that if he idiotically ran to persuade his "student" Shi Dakai to do such a thing, the consequences would likely be as Chi You said, and Shi Dakai's head would be cut off. www.biquge.info It's just that his head is relatively hard, even if Shi Dakai goes out in person, it is impossible to cut it down. But one thing is for sure, if he wants to persuade Shi Dakai to dismiss the army and live a lifetime in seclusion, he can't do it.
But no matter what, Li You still decided to persuade Shi Dakai first. If Shi Dakai is unwilling to do this, then he can only wait for the opportunity to rescue Shi Dakai when he is in a desperate situation. He has also done a lot of work for this reason, and it is still possible to rescue Shi Dakai.
At this time, Nalan Fang had already gotten up from the ground. His eyes were full of confusion. Li You said a few words tentatively, and sure enough, Nalan Fang had forgotten who his surname was, and he didn't know why he appeared here, and then Li You began to make a fool of Shi Dakai's life experience on Nalan Fang. But why did he fall here, Li You also weaved a lie, saying that the Taiping army was defeated, he was seriously injured, and was rescued by the two.
Nalan Fang does not suspect that there is a fake. Or that after being knocked on the head by Chi You, his IQ has been lowered a lot. Li You's lies are not heartfelt. But he was just as convinced. Seeing this, Li You breathed a sigh of relief. The last link in his plan was finally made up perfectly.
But Li You knew that he must not take Nalan Fangshi to the camp at the moment. Otherwise, he would not be able to explain to Nalan Fang that the Taiping Army, which had been defeated by the Qing army, still maintained a large army, and there was also a Shi Dakai who was presiding over military affairs. For this reason, Li You and Chi You discussed for a while. In the end, the two decided that Chi You would take Nalan Fang to recuperate from his injuries in the area of Lao Yao Xuan and Zidadi, and he would go to the Taiping military camp to lobby Shi Dakai.
Chiyou naturally has no objection to this. It's just that he is reluctant to give up Li You's barbecue. For this reason, Li You was also very speechless.
So after the agreed meeting time, Li You and Shi Dakai immediately parted ways.
This time, Li You was no longer lost, and he also encountered pedestrians in an endless stream. In addition to many advance teams of the Sichuan army and the Hunan army, there are more Tusi villages and native soldiers scattered in the deep mountains and old forests. The Tusi hated the Taipings, and they were actually a greater threat to the Taipings.
The Tusi soldiers are locals, and they are originally xenophobic. For the Taiping Army, which suddenly appeared, and the low-level military discipline is not a good army, naturally have vigilance and hatred, and the Taiping Army sometimes plunders the villages, which arouses the anger of the natives, so the Tusi have more reasons and excuses, with their familiarity with the mountains and forests, to harass the Taiping Army, these harassments seem insignificant, but in fact, only Shi Dakai and some high-level generals in the army know that this threat is more serious than the army on both sides of the Dadu River.
Without the guidance of local residents, it is very easy to get lost in the mountains and forests, and the migration of villages and refusal to sell food and medicinal materials to the Taiping army also makes it difficult for the Taiping army to replenish its logistics, and in the end it can only take plundering to meet part of the needs, but such actions have further stimulated the contradictions with the natives, and the elbow system everywhere has made the Taiping army miserable.
Li You asked the locals about the whereabouts of the Taiping Army, and the eyes of these simple villagers were full of disgust and fear when they looked at him. There were even some young people who tried to capture Li You, obviously treating him as a spy of the Taiping Army.
These little troubles are nothing to Li You at all. But from it, Li You found one thing that the Taiping army was unpopular with the people. At least this Sichuangui area is unpopular.
However, Li You is also understandable. The rebellion of the Taiping Army did not bring any benefits to these people, but in order to exterminate the Taiping Army, the government continued to increase taxes and taxes.
"Therefore, even if Shi Dakai can achieve a temporary victory, it will be rootless duckweed, and it will not be a big thing, and the so-called reconstruction of the Kingdom of Heaven is just empty words." Li You made a pessimistic judgment on Shi Dakai's ultimate ideal.
After arriving at the Jinsha River, Li You once again lost his judgment on Shi Dakai's whereabouts. From the news he heard, there are three possibilities for the direction of Shi Dakai's headquarters at the moment, the first is that he has led the main force east into Guizhou, but Li You knows that it should be Li Fuxuan's army going in the direction of Guizhou; The second chapter says that Shi Dakai's main force is heading in the direction of northern Sichuan, which is very likely, because the Qing garrison is very nervous about this, and at least more than half of the garrisons in the Jinsha River have been transferred to chase the Taiping army to northern Sichuan.
The third possibility, and least likely, is that the Taiping army is eyeing the neighborhood. Enter the river at any time.
The last possibility is that Li You believes it, but what Li You doesn't know is where Shi Dakai entered Sichuan from. Li You also calmed down, found a map, and carefully studied the local defenses, and then he concluded that Shi Dakai should go to the area of Miliangba, where the Qing army was most empty. At this time, Li You was only fifty miles away from Miliangba. Through a few days of reconnaissance of the terrain, Li You also found that the Miliangba is full of sheep intestine trails within a radius of 100 miles, and the twists and turns are incomparable, but the terrain of the Miliangba is relatively broad, and the river water is moderate.
Infering that Shi Dakai might appear, Li You immediately headed in the direction of the rice grain dam. However, only halfway through, Li You saw that among the mountains, wolf smoke slowly rose.
History: On April 15 of the second year of Tongzhi, Shi Dakai crossed the Jinsha River from Miliangba and broke through the Yangtze River defense line.
After the wolf smoke rose, Li You quickly intercepted an urgent report from a passing scout. I learned that Shi Dakai had led 40,000 main forces and easily crossed the Jinsha River without any resistance. For Shi Dakai and the Taiping Army, it seems to be a great good thing. Because Shi Dakai was suspicious of the army, and Luo Bingzhang was blocked by Li You's assassination, he had certain illusions about Li You's persuasion of Shi Dakai to relieve himself, and the number of Qing troops in the surrounding area was only more than 1,000 people, and he was not the opponent of the Taiping army at all.
However, Li You did not have a trace of joy and crossed the Jinsha River. For the Taiping Army and Shi Dakai, they can be regarded as heart boosters. But for Li You, on the contrary, because of the success of the adventure, the probability of Li You persuading Shi Dakai to succeed has become lower.
"Just do your best to obey the destiny of heaven......" Li You sighed.
That night, Li You appeared in front of Shi Dakai.
After crossing the Jinsha River, Shi Dakai did not relax and continued to move towards the Dadu River. He is well aware of his strategic successes. At this time, the main forces of the Qing army were successfully transferred. At least half a month was bought for him. As long as the Dadu River is crossed within half a month, it means that the Taiping army is about to usher in the final strategic victory!
"Ladies and gentlemen! Qinggou has lost the Yangtze River natural danger, as long as the Luding Bridge, the country of abundance, is our Taiping Army's bag, this tossing and turning of several years of hardship, it will come to an end......" in the camp tent of the Chinese army, Shi Dakai's figure is slightly thin.
"Yada......" Li You stepped into the military tent and shouted faintly.
"Teacher!" Seeing Li You, Shi Dakai was also stunned and excited. "You're here!" Seeing Li You, Shi Dakai's somewhat sallow face turned bloody.